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Hobby Survey
How this form will be used:
This form will attempt to collect data about the hobby participants. As this is a confidential survey, 
no name is required and you will not be contacted and no personal information will be asked.  Please answer all questions and submit the form only once.

To see the results so far, click here.

  1. On Average, Hours per week building models/painting

    less than 1 hour
    1-2 hours
    2-4 hours
    4-8 hours
    8+ hours

  2. Hours per week playing CD/Console games

    Less than 2
    2-4
    4-8
    Greater than 8

  3. Distance you last traveled to a Convention

    Less than 5 miles
    5 to 10
    10 to 50
    50 to 100
    Greater than 100 miles

  4. Select your areas of interest:  (Your most favored era is: )

    Anc.Greece era 7YW WWI 
    Ancient Rome Era AWI WWII-Western
    Ancient Far East War of 1812 WWII-Pacific
    Ancient Steppes Napoleonic WWII-Eastern
    Ancient Naval Crimean War  WWII Naval
    Medieval Naval ACW WWII Air 
    Other Medieval Plains America Post-WWII 
    Ancient Americas Victorian/Imperial  Modern Any
    100YW WWI Air Pulp/Fantasy
    30YW  WWI Naval  Non-Historical

  5. Your Age: 

  6. How many players were in the latest game you played or judged?
    1-2
    3-4
    5-6
    7-10
    Greater than 10

  7. Is your spending on the hobby:
    Staying the same
    Mostly Decreasing
    Accellerating

  8. What is the maximum hours you will play or judge a game?

  9. How "complex" are the rules you like, use or judge with:

  10. Rules that you prefer are:

  11. Given shopping on line or in person, you would:

    Shop online; lack of stores within range  Shop online; less time consuming 
    Shop online; more vendors to choose from Shop online; shipping is reasonable 
    Shop in-person; face-to-face support of vendor  Shop in-person; want to touch item
    Shop in-person; will drive to see items Buy rarely 
    Shop at cons more than online or in person Neither; save money all year and shop at cons 
    I dont but my kids do, so I will fill out this form to represent them after this. Buy rarely-  I have more than 4 eras; no room.

  12. Problems with Conventions:

    Food mostly sad  Bad Breath in gamers  Travel is too far
    Access fee too high  Argumentive gamers  Not enough Historicals
    Game fee too high  Small convention space  Not enough non-historicals
    Bathrooms disgusting  Vendors close up too early  Not enough new faces  
    Too many bad behaviors Vendors open up too late Can't stay for Sunday; travel day 
    Too many smelly people  Can't afford time from work Will only go to cons less than 2 hours away
    Not enough Miniatures games  I prefer on-line games    Admission too expensive
    No one I know is attending   Poor communication (can’t find how to register, poor game location info, confusing information)

    13. What is your Country?   State/Province

    14.  Type of Terrain: 
    Modular or abstract; boardgame-ish   Hexagon based terrain  
    Make my own    Not too concerned with Visuals   Mixture of purchased items  

    15.  Select a line with the cursor and copy paste in the order of most important at the top of the list..

    Painting seminars      
    Painting contests 
    Sculpting seminars 
    Terrain Seminars
    Game Design Seminars
    Flea market
    Auction
    Historical Lectures
    Personality Lectures
    Living History
    Online gaming
    Internet cafe
    Freebie table
    Club/Organization contact tables
    Awards ceremonies
    Entertainment (music or performance)
    I want to receive awards when I win; something cool to put on a wall or shelf

16.  Final word:  Your chance to say something to cons, dealers, manf. (100 characters)

   

17.  Scale of miniatures that you collect.  
2-5mm       6-10mm     11-15mm     16-20/22mm    23-25mm  26-30mm    31mm+

Any comments?